Oddeus: So, C-3PO is the secret Sith overlord? Ha! I knew it! They called me crazy, but I knew it! Well, could be only C-3PO or Jar Jar Binks, but I knew it!
No joke: in the Poe Dameron comics series (which is supposed to be 100% canon) C-3PO is revealed to be the Resistance's head of intelligence and is considered a "master spy" by the First Order.
Lifthrasil: I'd say, Episode VII was OK. Unoriginal and a shameless carbon copy of Episode IV, but well done and it was nice seeing Chewie and Han again after all those years.
But Episode VIII was embarrassing. So many plot-holes and inconsistencies. So many unlikable characters doing completely idiotic things.
I think it's good that they brought J.J. Abrams back. Better than the alternative at least.
I know this will probably make no sense to anyone but me, but while The Last Jedi is indeed a worse movie than the Force Awakens, I liked it more. Or at least I considered it more worth watching. I'd rather watch a really bad movie which is bad in interesting ways than a boring, bland rip-off that doesn't even leave me with an interesting conversation. I can have more fun with a bad movie than a boring mediocre one.
That plus I have to say that, as shit as Episode VIII was in terms of characters and plot, at least it had some really nice visuals. I mean, I'm not saying it redeems the movie, but there is no universe
where this isn't a great shot.